Elston

Elston
Village and civil parish
All Saints Church, Elston
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Elston is located in Nottinghamshire
Elston
Elston
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area2.51 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Population697 (2021)
• Density278/sq mi (107/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 759481
• London110 mi (180 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01636
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websiteelstonparish.org.uk
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UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°01′30″N 0°52′07″W / 53.02500°N 0.86861°W / 53.02500; -0.86861

Elston is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England, to the south-west of Newark, 0.5 mi (800 m) from the A46 Fosse Way. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 631,[1] increasing to 697 at the 2021 census.[2] It lies between the rivers Trent and Devon, with the village "set amongst trees and farmland less than a mile from the A46.... Newark is five miles to the north, with... Lincoln and Nottingham some 18 miles north and south-west respectively."[3]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Elston parish (E04007900)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ^ Elston Parish Council Archived 30 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine